Trace-carrier.



NO- 790,616. PATENTED MAY 23, 1905'.

- T. G.'BURTON.

I TRACE GARRIBRi APPLICATION FILED APR. 14, 1904.

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THOMAS o. BURTON, OF BUFORD, GEORGIA.

TRACE-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 790,616, dated May 23, 1905.

Application filed April 14,1904. Serial No. 203,152.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS C. BURTON, of Buford, in the county of Gwinnett, and in the State of Georgia, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Trace-Carriers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a backband provided with a trace-carrier embodying my invention. tion of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view in perspective of the trace-carrier detached, and Fig. 4c is a similar view of a trace-carrier of different form.

The object of my invention is to provide a trace-carrier for back-bands capable of vertical adjustment which shall be extremely simple and inexpensive; and to this .end my invention consists in the device having the featu res of construction substantially as hereinafter specified.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a back-band of ordinary construction, and to it is fastened by riveting or otherwise a plate B, having, as shown, on its side next the backband two horizontal grooves C. The tracecarrier D (whose trace-engaging part may be of any desired form or construction, such part 'not forming a featu re of my present invention) has a cross-bar (Z adapted to engage either of the grooves or flutes C at a time, and beneath and parallel with said cross-bar (Z is a second cross-bar (2, adapted when the trace-carrier is in vertical trace-carrying position to lie against the'outer side'of the plate B, and thus prevent the cross-bar d moving inward against the back-band and out of engagement with the groove or flute with which it may happen to be engaged. Suflicient space, however, exists between the two crossbars to enable the cross-bar d when the carrier is swung to a horizontal position to be moved inward against the back-band, which will yield before it to permit said cross-bar d to be disengaged from a groove or flute 0, so that said bar d may be slid along between the back-band and the plate B to place the crossbar d in engagement with the other groove or flute. Instead of having acontinuous bar 0? short pro ections W, as shown 1n Flg. 4,

Fig. 2 is a vertical sec may be used, which will serve-the same purpose, and of course should it be desired the cross-bar all may not be continuous.

Although the device is exceedingly simple 'and'though the trace-carrier may be readily shifted from one groove or flute to another to adjust its vertical position, yet when the trace-carrier is in trace-carrying position it is securely retained from accidental displacement from the particular groove or flute with for example, a short bar or projection from either side of the carrier is used, the groove or flute need not be continuous, but may consist of twoparts, each merely of suificient length to engage one of said projections.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination of a back-band, a plate attached thereto having a number of grooves with open sides toward the back-band, one of said parts being yieldable-to enable movement of one from the other, and a trace-carrier constructed to engage said grooves and being adjustable from one to another by being passed between the plate and the backband.

2. The combination of a flexible back-band, a plate having a number of grooves whose open sides are toward and are closed normally by the back-band, and a trace-carrier having parts that respectively engage a groove and the outer side of the plate, said trace-carrier being shiftable from one groove to another between the plate and the back-band.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand.

THOMAS O. BURTdN. 

